The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-29

aggressive CZaruOm ana the rest OF
Europe. The Kreuz Zeitung" con-
tends that Prussian Poland will soon be
Germanized, while Russia has failed to
Russianize her provinces. The Poles,
the "Zeitung" says, ought to look to
the regeneration of their country in
Russia, relying on the support of Ger
many. Diplomatic intercourse between
the two Governments is limited to un-
avoidable communications, which are
exchanged with frigid civilities.
The Gar will return to ST. Petersburg
on the 18th instant, and will go thence
to Moscow. The official expectancy is
that he will denounce the Berlin treaty,
claiming entire freedom on the part of
Russia to take her own course. Coinci-
dent with proclaiming the treaty abro-
gated the Russian Government, it is
thought, will endeavor to effect treaty
with the Porte, resettling the Bulgarian
and Roumanian affair, the alternative
TO the entente offered the Sultan being
Russian occupation of Armenia. This
scheme presurnes that the Sultan will be
left isolated if Russia is not assailed in
the Balkan peninsula. 1t is believed
that the three powers alliance covers
this contingency.
The Panama Canal.
A report was published by New York,
October 18th, to the effect that the
officers of the Panama Canal Company
on the isthmus were in a precarious
is not much activity prevailing along the
line of the canal, except at two or three
stations. Although several shipments
of machinery and other materials have
used, and remain exposed to the deterior-
ating effects of the climate. The laborers
are greatly discontinued, especially those
from Georgia, who are liable to make
trouble at any time. The sanitary con-
dition along the line is bad, and the
yellow fever is epidemic among the
laborers, A reporter called at the Office
of the Canal Company, and was informed
not wish to say anything whatever about
the report.
General BOuIanger.
A dispatch from Paris, October 18th,
says: The order relieving General Bou-
LANCER from his command and placing
him under arrest directs that he be placed
under close arrest for thirty days. Dur
ing that time the Ministry is to decide
whether he shall be deprived of his COM
mand The Radical members of the
Chamber of Deputies to-day decided to
make him candidate for that body if he
resigned or was removed from his COM
mand. Rumors have been persistently
circulated to-day that General Boulanger
has resigned his commission in the army.
AT meeting of the Budget Committee
to-day Cavagnac stated that General
Boulanger, in December last, ordered an
outlay of s, 125 900 francs for clothing for
the territorial reserves. This expendi-
ture, Cavagnac said, had not been au-
thorized by the Chamber OF Deputies !;
therefore it was Illegal.
Bread or Work.
Much uneasiness is occasioned in Lon
don by the ever-increasIng crowds which
gather daily in Trafalgar Square clam
oring for bread or work. The meetings
are always surrounded by the police and
all possible precautions are taken to pre-
vent riot. The meetings are not or
| ganized by the usual socialistic propa-
gandists, but are composed, in great
measure at least, of laborers, homeless
| and voorhees,, of which at present there
are estimated to be over one hundred
thousand. Near midnight on October
18th man was arrested for addressing a
meeting in St. Pauls churchyard, in
| which he cursed the canons for keeping
the cathedral closed while his poor were
homeless.
In the Lower House at Vienna, Octo-
Der 14th, the Minister of Finance, Duna.
iewski, announced that the budget fol
1888 showed deficit of q 200, 900 forms
The additional expenditures arose from
the manufacture of new rifles. He hoped
to get larger portion OF the deficit from
funds in the treasury. He was confident
that no necessity would arise for an ap-
peal Tor public credit to any considers
BILE extent.
The New York ''Sun's' Washington
special, October 18th, says: Great sur
prise is occasioned at the Department OF
State by the allegation of Canadian and
English officials that this country has
repeatedly disputed the Russian Gov
ernment's claim in Behring Sea, and
moreover, that the seal fisheries were
the cause of such dispute. At the State
Department no record of any difficulty
regarding the seal fisheries with Russia